UPSC Mains Essay Paper 2025 – Topics, Questions and PDF
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- Aug 22
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Updated: Aug 23
The UPSC Civil Services Mains Essay Paper 2025 was conducted on 22nd August 2025. This paper is crucial as it evaluates a candidate’s ability to structure thoughts, present balanced arguments, and showcase multidimensional perspectives.
Candidates were required to write two essays of 1000–1200 words each—choosing one topic from Section A and one topic from Section B. Each essay carried 125 marks, making the total weightage 250 marks.
UPSC Essay Paper 2025 – Section A Topics
Candidates had to attempt one essay from the following topics:
सत्य कोई रंग नहीं जानता है।
Truth knows no color.
बिना लड़े ही दुश्मन को परास्त करना युद्ध की सर्वोच्च कला है।
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
विचार एक दुनिया खोज़ता भी है और एक बनाता भी है।
Thought finds a world and creates one also.
सबसे अच्छे सबक कड़वे अनुभवों से सीखे जाते हैं।
Best lessons are learnt through bitter experiences.
UPSC Essay Paper 2025 – Section B Topics
Candidates had to attempt one essay from the following topics:
मैले पानी को अकेला छोड़ने से ही उसे सबसे अच्छा साफ़ किया जा सकता है।
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
वर्ष बहुत कुछ सिखाते हैं, जो दिन कभी नहीं जानते।
The years teach much which the days never know.
जीवन को एक यात्रा के रूप में देखना सर्वोत्तम है, न कि एक गंतव्य के रूप में।
It is best to see life as a journey, not as a destination.
संतोष प्राकृतिक संपत्ति है; विलासिता कृत्रिम निर्धनता है।
Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is artificial poverty.
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